New members and anyone who wants to know more about NCTA are invited to join the New Member Orientation.

1:00 p.m.: Networking

Come meet and network with fellow translators and learn more about the association.

1:30 p.m.: NCTA Business

2:00 p.m.: Editing and Publishing Fiction in Translation

Briony Everroad discusses her experiences of editing and publishing fiction in translation, from acquiring rights and finding the right translator, to launching the book into a crowded marketplace. She'll cover topics such as the role of the author in the translation process, consistency in crime novels, how the editor interacts with the original text, and the trickiness of repetition, Scandinavians "standing on the floor," and jokes that don't travel well.

Briony Everroad is a freelance editor with a special interest in books in translation. During ten years at Random House in London, she published a wide range of titles from Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole novels to George Orwell's A Life in Letters. She founded the Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize and worked on the View from This Bridge international writing blog. In 2014 she edited a special YA issue of Words Without Borders with translator Daniel Hahn. She works for a range of clients in London, New York, and San Francisco.